NORTH LIBERTY– A North Liberty woman was arrested March 30 and charged with fraud after her business partner accused her of misusing company funds to cover personal expenses.
She followed the arrest by filing a suit against her accuser.

TIFFIN— The City Council approved the 2012-2013 budget Wednesday, April 11, during their regular monthly meeting at the Springmier Community Library.
The city’s property tax levy will be $11.97 per $1,000 valuation on regular property, no change from last year. Agricultural land subject to Tiffin’s levy will see a rate of $3.00304 per $1,000 of valuation.

SHUEYVILLE– Residents of this northwest Johnson County community, and commuters passing through, will soon become accustomed to the sight of orange barriers, detour signs and heavy machinery.
The long-discussed, long-awaited and much anticipated rebuilding of 120th Street is on.

FORT MADISON– Tuesday, April 10, found the Iowa City West High track and field girls in action at the Timm Lamb Pen City Relays. The Women of Troy topped the field in Class A with 126 points, well ahead of second-place Mt. Pleasant (105) and MVC foe CR Jefferson (74).

MARENGO– Though buffeted by wind and chilled by cold temperatures, the Clear Creek Amana boys’ track and field team picked up a third-place team finish Tuesday, April 10, at the Ruth Ahrens Invitational.
Dillon Villhauer won the 400-meter dash with a 53.94 seconds performance, Jack Murray won the 1600-meter run in 4:52.78, and the shuttle hurdle relay crew (Aaron Campbell, Tanner Bandy, Tyler Kasper and Villhauer) won their event in 1:03.26.
Results:
Long jump: 2, Kam Kahler, 16 feet,11-3/4 inches.
High jump: 2, Tanner Bandy, 5 feet, 6 inches.

TIPTON– While it is not known if the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) girls’ track and field team is superstitious, it is known they didn’t catch many breaks on Friday the 13th. The team traveled to Tipton for the Tigerette Relays and again found themselves battling cold temperatures and gusty winds.

CORALVILLE– David Rosenthal had been waiting for six or seven years to have his Women of Troy dominate rival Cedar Rapids Washington. While West has won against the Warriors, last year by penalty kicks as an example, it hasn’t been a complete shut-out.
Until last Tuesday afternoon.
With air temperatures in the low 50s and strong, gusty winds out of the northwest, Rosenthal’s ladies got the job done with a 3-0 MVC win. Mary Hausler, a senior forward scored shooting into the wind just over five minutes into the first half.

TIFFIN– Clear Creek Amana’s (CCA) annual community clean-up day will be April 27. Students from CCA’s student assistance team will volunteer to help older community members with yard work, windows, small household chores and general spring cleaning.
Students will work half days in the morning (arrive at 8:30 a.m.), half days in the afternoon (arrive at 12:30 p.m.), or for full days (8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.)

IOWA CITY– Summer “4-H on Wheels” for first through fifth grade youth in Johnson County begins June 4. The weekly two-hour program includes science experiments, art activities, nutritious snacks, games and recreation.
Led by 4-H youth development staff, youth will experiment with things that fly, glide and spin, do science activities and brainstorm ways to solve science puzzles and challenge their senses.